[SustainableTompkins] Maintaining list integrity

[bosak at ibiblio.org]

I'm getting really tired of seeing these off-topic posts in
Sustainable Tompkins.

This is supposed to be a list about sustainability in Tompkins
County.  Not about whales (very few of those around here), or
wiretapping, or "life & computers," or someone's mother.

This is how lists die: they become dumping grounds for irrelevant
messages from people seeking an appreciative audience for the causes
and concerns they find interesting.

Sustainable Tompkins is the only list we've got for communication
about sustainability in Tompkins County.  It's worth preserving
for that purpose.  People who feel compelled to share their
opinions on other subjects should find lists devoted to those
subjects or learn how to blog.

Jon

> Hi TC Sustainers:
>
> I just took action to save endangered whales and you can, too. Send a
> message now to save thirty to fifty of the planet's last remaining North
> Atlantic right whales online now at:
>
> http://action.defenders.org/rightwhales
>
> Unfortunately, thirty to fifty of the world's remaining North Atlantic right
> whales are in mortal danger in Canada's Bay of Fundy. Lobster season has
> begun in the area, and the whales,  which have usually left the bay by this
> time of year, are now in grave danger of becoming ensnared in fishing gear
> and dying.
>
> Entanglement in fishing gear is the second leading cause of death for North
> Atlantic right whales, and lobster gear is one of the leading culprits.
>
> With only about 350 North Atlantic right whales left on the planet, even the
> loss of one of these gentle giants is too many.
>
> Please join me in taking action to save these rare whales... Visit the
> website below to send a message to Canadian Minister of Fisheries Loyola
> Hearn right now and urge him to delay opening the fishing grounds until the
> right whales have left the area:
>
> http://action.defenders.org/rightwhales
>
> Thanks!
> To take action on this issue, click on the link below:
> https://secure2.convio.net/dow/site/Advocacy?s_oo=skQ8WX3P2J7NIRuuhY1AIg..&id=579
> If the text above does not appear as a link or it wraps across multiple
> lines, then copy and paste it into the address area of your browser.
>
>
> --
> A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its
> shoes.
>   - Mark Twain